India capped Vijay Shankar for this game. He became the 226^th Indian cricketer to make his one day debut. He also became the 109th Indian cricketer to make his one day debut on away soil. He also became 25^th the Indian cricketer to make his one day debut against Australia. He also became the 14th Indian cricketer to make his one day debut against Australia in Australia. He also became the ninth Indian cricketer to make his one day debut against Australia at Melbourne.

YS Chahal of India returned with figures of 6 for 42 in this game to provide the 87^th occasion of a bowler capturing six or more wickets in the history of one day internationals. It also provides the 31st occasion of a bowler capturing six or more wickets in the history of one day internationals on away soil.

It also provides the third occasion of an Indian bowler capturing six or more wickets against Australia in one day internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Econ	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	AB Agarkar	9.3	1	42	6	4.42	1	v Australia	Melbourne	09 Jan 2004
2	M Kartik	10.0	3	27	6	2.70	1	v Australia	Mumbai	17 Oct 2007
3	YS Chahal	10.0	0	42	6	4.20	1	v Australia	Melbourne	18 Jan 2019

It also provide the second occasion of an Indian bowler capturing six or more wickets against Australia in Australia in one day internationals

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Econ	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	AB Agarkar	9.3	1	42	6	4.42	1	v Australia	Melbourne	09 Jan 2004
2	YS Chahal	10.0	0	42	6	4.20	1	v Australia	Melbourne	18 Jan 2019

It also provides the second occasion of an Indian bowler capturing six or more wickets against in one day internationals at Melbourne. The first such occasion was AB Agarkar’s 6 for 42 at Melbourne on 09 Jan 2004 – 15 years back.

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Econ	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	AB Agarkar	9.3	1	42	6	4.42	1	v Australia	Melbourne	09 Jan 2004
2	YS Chahal	10.0	0	42	6	4.20	1	v Australia	Melbourne	18 Jan 2019

MS Dhoni effected a stumping dismissal in this game which gave him an aggregate of 117 stumping dismissals in one day internationals. It also gave him 17 stumping dismissals against Australia. It also gave him an aggregate of 114 stumping dismissals while keeping wickets for India. It also gave him 17 stumping dismissals against Australia while  keeping wickets representing India.

MS Dhoni effected a stumping dismissal in this game which gave him an aggregate of 44 stumping dismissals in one day internationals on away soil. It also gave him six stumping dismissals against Australia in Australia. MS Dhoni now shares the record jointly with PJL Dujon for the second place for most stumping dismissals against Australia in Australia. Both the wicket keepers have effected six stumping dismissals against Australia in Australia. KC Sangakkara with ten stumping dismissals occupy the first place.

MS Dhoni became the second wicket keeper batsman to aggregate 1500 plus  runs against Australia in one day internationals after KC Sangakkara of Sri Lanka. At the end of this game, MS Dhoni’s run aggregate read 1548. KC Sangakkara has an aggregate of 1676 runs

MS Dhoni became the eleventh batsman in the history of one day internationals to aggregate 1500 plus runs against Australia. The performance of these eleven batsmen are detailed below

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0
1	SR Tendulkar	Ind	1991-2012	71	70	1	3077	175	44.59	9	15	2
2	DL Haynes	Win	1978-1993	64	64	8	2262	148	40.39	6	13	3
3	IVA Richards	Win	1975-1991	54	50	7	2187	153*	50.86	3	20	1
4	BC Lara	Win	1991-2007	51	50	3	1858	139	39.53	3	15	4
5	EJG Morgan	Eng	2007-2018	52	51	6	1815	121	40.33	3	13	5
6	KC Sangakkara	Srl	2002-2015	46	46	4	1813	104	43.16	2	12	2
7	RG Sharma	Ind	2007-2019	31	31	4	1778	209	65.85	7	5	1
8	JH Kallis	RSA	1997-2011	50	50	2	1660	104*	34.58	1	13	1
9	M Jayawardene	Srl	1999-2015	56	54	5	1629	86	33.24	0	16	4
10	JN Rhodes	RSA	1992-2002	55	52	12	1610	83*	40.25	0	10	3
11	MS Dhoni	Ind	2006-2019	51	44	10	1548	139*	45.52	2	10	2

MS Dhoni became the third Indian batsman in the history of one day internationals to aggregate 1500 plus runs against Australia. The performance of these three batsmen are detailed below

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0
1	SR Tendulkar	Ind	1991-2012	71	70	1	3077	175	44.59	9	15	2
2	RG Sharma	Ind	2007-2019	31	31	4	1778	209	65.85	7	5	1
3	MS Dhoni	Ind	2006-2019	51	44	10	1548	139*	45.52	2	10	2

MS Dhoni scored 87 not out in this game which represents his tenth half century against Australia in one day internationals. He became the second Indian batsman to score ten or more half centuries against Australia in one day internationals after SR Tendulkar. SR Tendulkar has scored 15 half centuries against Australia in one day internationals. He became the 13^th batsman to score ten or more fifties against Australia in one day internationals.

MS Dhoni scored six boundary fours in this game, which fetched him an aggregate of 101 boundary fours against Australia. He became the fifth Indian batsman to score 100 plus boundary fours against Australia. Others are – SR Tendulkar {330}, RG Sharma {141}, V Kohli {118} and Yuvraj Singh {103}. He also became the 24^th batsman in the history of one day games to score 100 plus boundary fours.

MS Dhoni’s 87 not out represent the 124th half century scored by batsmen against Australia at Melbourne. It also represents the 18^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a half century against Australia at Melbourne

MS Dhoni and KM Jadhav added 121 runs in an unfinished partnership for the fourth wicket in this game to provide the 60^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against Australia in one day internationals. It also provides the eleventh occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against Australia in one day internationals for the fourth wicket.

MS Dhoni and KM Jadhav added 121 runs in an unfinished partnership for the fourth wicket in this game to provide the 21st occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against Australia in Australia in one day internationals. It also provides the sixth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against Australia in Australia in one day internationals for the fourth wicket. It also provides the sixth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against Australia at Melbourne in one day internationals for the fourth wicket.

India won this game by seven wickets with four balls to spare to provide the 50th occasion of India winning a one day international by a single digit delivery to spare {one to nine}. India won this game by seven wickets with four balls to spare to provide the tenth occasion of India winning a one day international by a single digit delivery to spare {one to nine} against Australia. India won this game by seven wickets with four balls to spare to provide the fifth occasion of India winning a one day international by exact four deliveries to spare. All such occasions are listed below.

No	Team	Result	Margin	BR	Bat	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	India	won	8 wickets	4	2nd	v West Indies	Cuttack	09 Nov 1994
2	India	won	4 wickets	4	2nd	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	27 Jun 2001
3	India	won	6 wickets	4	2nd	v South Africa	Belfast	01 Jul 2007
4	India	won	5 wickets	4	2nd	v England	Mohali	20 Oct 2011
5	India	won	6 wickets	4	2nd	v Australia	Adelaide	15 Jan 2019
6	India	won	7 wickets	4	2nd	v Australia	Melbourne	18 Jan 2019